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|Definition=fut. πιστεύσω: plpf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πεπιστεύκειν ''Act.Ap.''14.23: ([[πίστις]]):—[[trust]], [[put faith in]], [[rely on]] a person, thing, or statement, τινι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.24; τῷ λόγῳ Id.2.118, cf. S.''El.''886, etc.; π. θεῶν θεσφάτοισι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''800; τῇ τύχῃ Th.5.112; σφίσιν αὐτοῖς Id.3.5; ταῖς ἀληθείαις D.44.3; ([[σημείοις]]) Antipho 5.81; π. τινὶ περί τινος [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1157a21; ὑπὲρ τῶν ὅλων Plb.2.43.2: with neut. Adj. or Pron., <b class="b3">λόγοις ἐμοῖσι πίστευσον τάδε</b> [[believe]] my words herein, E.''Hel.''710; τοῦτ'… Αἰγυπτίοις πιστεῦσαι δεῖ [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''343b10; μὴ πάντα πειρῶ πᾶσι πιστεύειν Men.''Mon.''335: later with Preps., <b class="b3">π. ἐν τῷ Θεῷ, ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ</b>, [[LXX]] ''Ps.''77(78).22, ''Ev.Marc.''1.15; π. εἰς τὸν Θεόν ''Ev.Jo.''14.1, al.; <b class="b3">εἰς τὸ ὄνομά τινος</b> ib.1.12; π. ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ''Act.Ap.''9.42: abs., [[believe]], περὶ μὲν τούτου… οὔτε ἀπιστέω οὔτε ὦν π. τι λίην [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.96; <b class="b3">χαλεπὰ παντὶ ἑξῆς τεκμηρίῳ πιστεῦσαι</b> although it is hard to [[believe]] every single bit of [[evidence]] about them, Th.1.20: c. acc. cogn., <b class="b3">π. δόξαν</b> [[entertain]] a [[confident]] [[opinion]], Id.5.105:—Pass., to [[be trusted]] or [[be believed]], ἄνδρες ἄξιοι πιστεύεσθαι Pl.''La.''181b, cf.''Ep.''309a, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.2.8; <b class="b3">πιστευθῆναι ὑπό τινος</b> [[enjoy]] his [[confidence]], ib.6.1.39, cf. ''An.''7.6.33; π. παρά τινι D.23.4, 58.44; πρός τινας Id.20.25; <b class="b3">ὡς πιστευθησόμενος</b> as if [[he would be believed]], Id.27.54, cf. 36.43; π. ὡς δημοτικὸς ὤν Arist.''Pol.'' 1305a28; <b class="b3">πιστεύονται [οἱ λόγοι]</b> Id.''EN''1172b6; <b class="b3">ἐπιστεύοντο ἃ ἔλεγον</b> they were [[believe]]d in what they said, D.32.4; <b class="b3">πρόγνωσιν ἐπεπίστευντο</b> were believed to [[possess]] [[foreknowledge]], J.''AJ''17.2.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[comply]], <b class="b3">ὡς οὐχ ὑπείξων οὐδὲ πιστεύσων λέγεις</b>; [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''625, cf. 646; opp. [[ἀπιστέω]], Id.''Tr.''1228.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., [[believe that]], [[feel confident that]] a thing is, will be, has been, E.''HF''146; ἀληθῆ εἶναι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 524a, cf. ''R.'' 450d; ὃς ἂν γνώμῃ πιστεύῃ τῶν ἐναντίων προὔχειν Th.2.62; προέσθαι τὴν προῖκ' οὐκ ἐπίστευσεν D.30.7; <b class="b3">π. ὡς... ὅτι</b>... X.''Hier.''1.37, Arist. ''Ph.''254a3, al.: the inf. is sometimes omitted, <b class="b3">τὰ μὲν οὐ πιστεύουσιν οἱ νέοι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]] or [[γεγονέναι]]) Id.''EN''1142a19, cf. ''APr.''68b13, ''GA''716a7:—Pass., παρὰ Διὸς… οἱ νόμοι πεπιστευμένοι ἦσαν γεγονέναι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''636d; <b class="b3">πιστευθεὶς ἀληθεύσειν</b> [[believed sure to]]... X.''An.''7.7.25; ὁ ἥλιος… πεπίστευται εἶναι μείζων τῆς οἰκουμένης Arist. ''de An.''428b4; πρῶτοι νόμοις ἐγγράπτοις χρήσασθαι πεπιστευμένοι Str.6.1.8: without inf., πιστευθείσης εἱμαρμένης αἴρεται πᾶσα νουθεσία Diog.Oen.33, cf. 23.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. dat. et inf., <b class="b3">τοῖσι ἐπίστευε σιγᾶν</b> to whom he [[trust]]ed that they would [[keep silence]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.110, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.55, Lys.19.54.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[have faith]], Act.Ap.2.44, 19.18, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">π. τινί τι</b> [[entrust]] something to another, <b class="b3">τινὶ ἡγεμονίαν, χρήματα</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''4.4.17, ''Smp.''8.36; τὰν ὠνὰν τῷ θεῷ ''GDI''1684, al. (Delph.); γυναικὶ μὴ πίστευε τὸν… βίον Men.''Mon.''86; also περὶ τῶν ἐμῶν τούτῳ ἀξιῶ πιστεύειν ὑμᾶς Lys.30.7:—Med., [[have entrusted to one]], ἀρχήν Berichte der russ. Akad. fuür Gesch. der materiellen Kultur 4.82 (Olbia, ii/iii A.D.):—Pass., <b class="b3">πιστεύεσθαί τι</b> to [[be entrusted with]] a thing, [[have]] it [[committed]] to one, [[παρά]] or <b class="b3">ὑπό τινος</b>, Plb.3.69.1, Phylarch.24J., cf. Vett. Val.65.3: c. inf., πιστευθέντας τοῖς ἐχθροῖς διαφθείρειν Arist.''Pol.''1287a39 ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]][[πεισθέντας]]): c. gen., πιστευθεὶς τῆς Κύπρου Plb.18.55.6, cf. 6.56.13, D.S.12.15, etc.